Posted on 08/06/2005 4:31:02 PM PDT by Perdogg
TERRORISTS could be preparing to use women and children as suicide bombers in further attacks on trains and other soft targets in London, internal Scotland Yard documents have warned. Official stop and search guidance just issued to thousands of Metropolitan police officers indicates that police fear the bombers may be planning to change their tactics.
Terrorists will try to use our actions against us and will adapt their methods (use women or even children), the document states.
The paper contains advice to officers exercising their powers under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000. The rules govern the conduct of the 6,000 officers who have been deployed across the capital to stop a possible third terror cell following on from the July 7 atrocities and the failed July 21 attacks.
The paper was released this weekend on the order of Sir Ian Blair, the Metropolitan police commissioner, in a bid to defuse the row over claims that police are singling out Asian and black men during street searches.
Under the rules, Met officers have been told to avoid racial profiling and not to focus on specific groups. The advice adds: Be aware that there is no specific racial, ethnic, sexual or religious profile for terrorists.
In an interview this weekend Blair insisted the new advice was not dictated by political correctness. Everythings got to be intelligence-based, he said.
If we said the only people to be searched are young males who are of Caribbean or Asian or north African appearance it would be handing the objectives to the terrorists and they would immediately change their tactics.
He was talking after Ian Johnston, chief constable of the British Transport police, which guards the Tube and train network, suggested his officers had been told to single out Muslim and African men as the most likely terrorist suspects. We should not waste time searching old white ladies, he said.
The document reveals that police fear other terrorists are about to strike. It says: Be vigilant, mindful of the previous methods of delivery. Be aware that there may be others who have not yet been identified.
The disclosure of the Yards guidance comes as transport police draw up plans for elite sniper squads to combat the threat of suicide bombers.Between 150 and 200 trained firearms specialists are to be recruited as part of a nationwide drive to stop further attacks on the transport system.
The unit will be modelled on Scotland Yards SO19 firearms unit, whose officers shot dead Jean Charles de Menezes, an innocent Brazilian, after mistaking him for a suicide bomber 16 days ago.
The move will see armed officers regularly patrolling the Underground and the rail network for the first time. Crack sniper squads and close-quarter hit teams such as the one that killed Menezes will be on permanent stand-by to deal with suspected suicide bombers.
Blair said he planned to recruit several hundred more armed officers to bolster the number already licensed to carry guns. He is also in talks with the Home Office for an extra 500 or 600 officers to boost the Mets counter-terrorist capability. The move would effectively double the size of the anti-terrorist branch.
Blair also repeated his call for a national border control agency to make it more difficult for terrorists to enter and leave the country. The Sunday Times revealed last week that Hamdi Isaac also known as Hussain Osman one of the men arrested over the failed July 21 attacks, had managed to leave Britain on the Eurostar train.
Blair has welcomed the prime ministers new terror proposals, which include laws to ban condoning or glorifying terrorism.
He said police would be targeting people such as Mohammed al-Masari, a Saudi who lives in north London. Al-Masaris website has carried videos of the beheading of hostages and suicide bomb attacks in Iraq.
Scotland Yard last night charged the first of the suspected July 21 failed suicide bombers. Yassin Omar, 24, was charged with conspiracy to murder passengers on the London transport system and possession of an explosive substance. He was arrested in Birmingham on July 26.
Historically, the Europeans are no slouches when it comes to ethnic cleansing. This would be a very bad idea, even from the Islamist point of view.
I think you are right. If women and children are percieved as threats it will be a lot easier to land on all of them.
Pol pot wasn't so bad.
Neither were the Japanese.
African tribes annihilated each others' tribes, as did the American Indians.
Come to think of it, no one culture has cornered the market on ethnic cleansing.
Money back guarantee if not completely satisfied... or if he lives.
Kudos to Blair and Blair (both of them), they're on the right track.
The British are probably thinking "go ahead,make my day"
Should that happen ,they will ALL be rounded up
Surveillance on the mosques is critical; identify and track everything Muslim.
News.BBC.co.uk: "PALESTINIAN 'TARGETED HOSPITAL'" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "In an interview shown on Israeli television, Ms Bis said her "dream was to be a martyr". She said she was recruited by the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades - an off-shoot of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah faction.") (June 21, 2005) (Read More...)
JIHAD WATCH.org (YNET): "PALESTINIAN GIRL HIDES GUN IN UNDIES" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The soldiers in the Balata refugee camp, a terrorist hotbed, found the gunman inside his house and ordered him to surrender his weapon. He refused, saying he didn't have it. After questioning, they found the man's sister had hidden it her underwear. Troops then arrested the Hamas terrorist. They also found a gun holster and bullets inside the building.") (April 16, 2005) (Read More...)
WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "WOMEN'S MAGAZINE OFFERS TIPS TO TERRORISTS" by John Phillips (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "With its bizarre format including articles on "breathing gymnastics to conquer the passions," evidently essential knowledge for those tempted to have a final fling before strapping on an explosive-laden corset, Al Khansa could indicate that al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden has made a strategic choice in favor of "women's emancipation through martyrdom," according to the Gnosis report. "This is a turning point in the project planning of international terrorist networks, which until now, unlike in the Palestinian intifada or in Chechen nationalist extremism, were limited to the exclusive employment of men in operations," the SISDE analysts said.") (January 17, 2005)
News.BBC.co.uk: "'JIHAD' MAGAZINE FOR WOMEN ON WEB" by Sebastian Usher (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The magazine is called Al-Khansa, after a famous Arab woman poet in the early days of Islam, who wrote eulogies to male relatives who had died in battle. It appears to be the first "jihadist" publication aimed exclusively at women. The magazine says it is published by an organisation called "The Women's Media Bureau in the Arabian Peninsula". "The main objective seems to be to teach women married to radical Islamists how to support their husbands" And it claims that the former leader of al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia, Abd-al-Aziz al-Muqrin - who was killed by Saudi security forces in June - as one of its founders. Al-Khansa also appears to be linked to the most well-known jihadist outlet on the internet, Sawt al-Jihad - or Voice of Jihad.") (Last Updated August 24, 2004) (Read More...)
GOOGLE Search Term: "Al-Khansa"
GOOGLE Search Term: "SAWT-AL-JIHAD"
GOOGLE Search Term: "al-Muqrin"
JIHAD WATCH.org (THE SCOTSMAN): "IRAQ: JIHAD FOR KIDS" (March 6, 2005)
AIM.org: "JIHAD FOR KIDS" by Robert Spencer (June 11, 2002) (Read More...)
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Google Search: "images5.theimagehosting.com/2child.gif"
"ekhlaas.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-4565.html"
WorldNetDaily.com: "U.N. 'EXPLODES' AMERICAN KIDS Broadcasters Not Showing Graphic Ad Depicting Soccer Children Blown Apart" (March 6, 2005)
MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 819 - MEMRI TV Project: "MOTHERS OF HIZBULLAH MARTYRS: WE ARE VERY HAPPY AND WANT TO SACRIFICE MORE CHILDREN" (November 25, 2004)
INTERNET-HAGANAH.US (JERUSALEM POST): "SHIN BET: CHILD TERROR ON THE RISE" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "According to a Shin Bet report, the use of children in attacks is now common among all the Palestinian terror organizations. Since the outbreak of violence in September 2000, 309 minors were involved in planned and executed terror acts, with 126 involved since the beginning of 2004. Children as young as 11 years old are easily persuaded to join the conflict with assurances that they will gain respect in the next life. Terror organizations then distance the young recruits from their families and schools and subject them to religious and nationalistic indoctrination. The report also revealed that terror organizations hide bombs inside children's toys and satchels in order to evade detection.") (November 5, 2004)MEMRI.org - MIDDLE EAST MEDIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE - Special Dispatch Series - No. 673: "UMM NIDAL: 'THE MOTHER OF THE SHAHIDS'" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Umm Nidal Farhat [1] came to public attention for the first time when she was filmed helping her son Muhammad Farhat leave home to carry out the March 20, 2002 attack during which he was killed. About a year later her second son, Nidal, was killed by Israeli forces. In an interview published in both the Israeli-Arab Kul Al-Arab weekly and the London Arabic-language daily Al-Quds Al-Arabi, Umm Nidal reiterated that martyrdom (Shehada) is the most supreme act, and one of the basic principles of Islam. The following are excerpts from the interview:") (March 4, 2004)JIHAD WATCH.org (NEW YORK TIMES via IHT): "A FRENCH MUSLIM FAMILY TAKES PATH TO MILITANCY" (August 2, 2004)
JIHAD WATCH.org: "PICKING JIHAD OVER CHILDREN" (January 27, 2004)
InHonor.net: (Online Videos)
PMW.or.il - TV Archives - Video Library: "CHILDREN ARE COMBATANTS IN PA IDEOLOGY"
JihadUnspun.com: "FEMALE MARTYR DRIVES CAR BOMB INTO US FORCES IN RAMADI" "By Muhammad Abu Nasr, Free Arab Voice and Omar Al-Faris, JUS" (Jan 03, 2005)
IMRA.org.il: "FEMALE SUICIDE BOMBERS FOR GOD" -Yoram Schweitzer Jafee Center for Strategic Studies (October 9, 2003)
GOOGLE Search Term: "JIHAD WOMEN"
ISLAM ONLINE.net - Fatwa Application - "ASK THE SCHOLAR" - Topic: "PALESTINIAN WOMEN CARRYING OUT MARTYR OPERATIONS" (May 22, 2003; October 5, 2003)
ISLAM ONLINE.net - Fatwa Application - "ASK THE SCHOLAR" - Topic: "MARTYR OPERATIONS CARRIED OUT BY THE PALESTINIANS" (May 22, 2003; July 13, 2003)
PALESTINIAN MEDIA WATCH PATV Archives - Video Library"
INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "ALQASEM.INFO: SITE OF PALESTINIAN AL QAIDA" (June 8, 2005)
MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 909: "BAHRAINI AUTHOR AND JOURNALIST: THE PROPONENTS OF THE SUICIDE IDEOLOGY HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "In an article that appeared in the Saudi daily Al-Yawm, titled "The Globalization of Islamic Suicide" author and journalist Sawsan Al-Sha'er wrote that the extremist Islamist groups are taking advantage of global communications to recruit suicide bombers, and predicted the spread of the suicide bomber phenomenon to Britain as well.") (May 17, 2005)
MEMRI.org - MIDDLE EAST MEDIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE Special Report - No.32: "MEMRI TV Project Special Report: Arab and Iranian TV Clips in Support of Suicide Bombing" (September 1, 2004)
JIHAD WATCH.org (HAARETZ): "10 SUICIDE BOMBINGS FOILED OVER PASSOVER HOLIDAY" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "One of two Tanzim activists caught at the end of March told interrogators the group that sent them had planned a series of other attacks, including one with a device to which blood infected with AIDS would be attached.") (April 13, 2004)
You will also want to look at Cindy's list of women and children in terrorism.
Ping.........
Great list of links. Thanks!
You're welcome Palladin.
Re your post #5:
The object of my post wasn't to belittle Europe especially. It was to point out that, although claiming to be highly civilized and above all that, the Europeans have exhibited this capacity in the not so distant past, and therefore may do so in the future.
Tony Blair, after many PC statements, is quickly adapting the idea of monitoring mosques and removing asylum seekers.
I do think the Europeans are less troubled by scruples in this regard than the current generation of Americans.
If terrorism ratchets up, and it becomes impossible to profile in a fine way (ME males, 18 - 40), then it may be decided that it is necessary to profile in a coarse way.
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Two Muslim mothers were sitting together in a cafe chatting over their cups of mint tea. The older one pulled out some photos from her purse and started flipping through the pictures. The mothers started reminiscing, "This is my oldest son Mohamed", the older mother said, "he's 24 year old now." "Yes I remember him as a baby!", the other mother said cheerfully. "Well, he's a martyr now." said his mother. "That's so sad!", said the other mother. "This is my second son, Imran Khan, he's 21". "Oh I remember him," said the other mother happily, "he had such curly hair when he was he born." "He's a martyr also." said the mother quietly. "Oh, gracious me!" said the other. |
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"And this is my beautiful third son, my baby! Yusuf Estes, he's 18." she whispered. "yes", said the friend enthusiastically, "I remember when he first started school!" "He's a martyr also", the mother said with tears in her eyes. After a pause and a deep sigh the second Moslem mother looked wistfully at the photos and sighed, "they blow up so quickly now, don't they?" |
We can only pray that this is what they are telling the public to throw off the terrorists.
We can only pray that this is what they are telling the public to throw off the terrorists.
Which one is Robert Byrd?
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